1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,125 'And here they are, the debutantes of 1956.' 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,274 And one young woman in particular has the caught 3 00:00:08,309 --> 00:00:11,388 the eye of a certain leading man, actor Adam Le Ray. 4 00:00:11,688 --> 00:00:14,626 You said marry her and everything will be all right. 5 00:00:14,875 --> 00:00:17,117 - Now she's dead. - Get him out! 6 00:00:17,152 --> 00:00:19,360 She wanted me to help her. 7 00:00:19,395 --> 00:00:20,365 And did you? 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,120 There is such purpose in taking one's own life, isn't there? 9 00:00:24,155 --> 00:00:26,760 She didn't kill herself. She was killed. 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,440 He starts a new job tomorrow at the railway station... 11 00:00:32,475 --> 00:00:34,777 You are a natural front man, Hector. 12 00:00:34,812 --> 00:00:37,080 I'm only as good as the team around me. 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,300 Darling! There you are! 14 00:00:45,335 --> 00:00:47,485 - That's your..? - Wife. 15 00:00:48,689 --> 00:00:51,245 She told you? I knew she'd tell you. 16 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,125 You're her best friend. It just happened. 17 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,840 Darrell left this the night he was killed at a newspaper kiosk. 18 00:00:58,875 --> 00:01:01,920 "He knows. Revert to Bright Stone." 19 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:04,365 What are you doing? 20 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,840 You never told me any of this. This conversation hasn't happened. 21 00:01:07,875 --> 00:01:11,400 You must tell Mr Lyon to stop investigating the Elms story. 22 00:01:11,435 --> 00:01:13,360 There is not a Soviet agent on my team. 23 00:01:13,395 --> 00:01:15,245 'I will not have my team watched. 24 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,960 'Everyone is watched some time or other during their career.' 25 00:01:24,757 --> 00:01:26,994 Corrected by www.addic7ed.com 26 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,685 'The gentleman in the front row. 27 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,760 'The question that the country wishes to know the answer to, 28 00:02:00,795 --> 00:02:03,800 'is there going to be a ground invasion in Egypt and when? 29 00:02:03,835 --> 00:02:05,965 'No announcement has been made yet. 30 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,400 'No, no, please, I am curious that Eden calls the intervention in Suez 31 00:02:10,435 --> 00:02:13,797 'a police action, but with a ground invasion imminent, 32 00:02:13,832 --> 00:02:17,125 - 'are we in fact at war with Egypt and Israel? - Thank you. 33 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,180 'As you may appreciate, under the restrictions of the 14-Day Rule, 34 00:02:21,215 --> 00:02:25,200 'this programme is unable to comment on events unfolding in Suez. 35 00:02:25,235 --> 00:02:28,397 'However, we are able to discuss events in Hungary 36 00:02:28,432 --> 00:02:31,560 'and I would like to open questions from the floor. 37 00:02:31,595 --> 00:02:33,485 'You, sir, in the bow tie. 38 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,560 'What legal right does Eden have to lead this country...?' 39 00:02:37,285 --> 00:02:39,281 - Are you expecting someone? - No. 40 00:02:41,195 --> 00:02:43,977 Don't answer it. 41 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:50,636 - Sorry, am I late? - Freddie... 44 00:02:56,588 --> 00:02:57,812 We lost track of the time. 45 00:02:57,847 --> 00:02:59,760 - Open it. - Fine. 46 00:02:59,795 --> 00:03:02,365 - It's French. - I can see that. 47 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,280 - Is stew all right? It's not very warm. - Marvellous. 48 00:03:06,315 --> 00:03:08,360 Mm! 49 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,600 - Oh, your nose is freezing. - I swear it's colder in Belgravia. 50 00:03:14,635 --> 00:03:15,514 - Colder than Clapham? - Yes. 51 00:03:15,549 --> 00:03:19,640 I spent the last four hours waiting outside the Elms' mansion block. 52 00:03:19,675 --> 00:03:20,800 He's on! 53 00:03:26,254 --> 00:03:27,753 Cheers! 54 00:03:28,255 --> 00:03:30,180 Do you mind? 55 00:03:31,161 --> 00:03:32,440 Suit yourself. 56 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,160 'Again and again, passions have come to the boil. 57 00:03:38,195 --> 00:03:43,680 'Ever since the uneasy armistice of 1949, 58 00:03:43,715 --> 00:03:45,400 'Israel and the Arab states...' 59 00:03:46,154 --> 00:03:47,197 This is jolly! 60 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,720 '..Egypt has been insisting ever since then 61 00:03:50,755 --> 00:03:54,360 'that she's still at war with Israel. 62 00:03:55,364 --> 00:03:58,240 'The other reflection is this. 63 00:03:58,275 --> 00:04:00,525 'It's a personal one. 64 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,320 'All my life, I've been a man of peace...' 65 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,525 'working for peace, striving for peace - 66 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:15,160 'but I'm utterly convinced that the action we have taken is right. 67 00:04:15,195 --> 00:04:19,285 'There are times for courage, times for action. 68 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:26,040 'Our passionate love of peace, our intense loathing of war 69 00:04:26,075 --> 00:04:29,817 'have often held us back from using force, 70 00:04:29,852 --> 00:04:33,560 'even at times when we knew in our head, 71 00:04:33,595 --> 00:04:35,245 'if not in our in our heart, 72 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:39,400 'that its use was in the interest of peace. 73 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:44,480 'And I believe with all my heart and head, 74 00:04:44,515 --> 00:04:46,977 'for both are needed. 75 00:04:47,012 --> 00:04:49,326 'Good night to you all.' 76 00:04:49,361 --> 00:04:51,605 Eden was certainly resolute. 77 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:53,345 They have to let the opposition respond. 78 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:56,488 We can't call ourselves a public television service 79 00:04:56,523 --> 00:04:59,597 and not let the opposition, Gaitskell, bat back. 80 00:04:59,632 --> 00:05:02,725 Oh, brilliant, we'll have McCain on our backs again. 81 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:04,262 I don't know. He's gone pretty quiet. 82 00:05:04,297 --> 00:05:07,693 We normally have a call or one of his visits. It's been three days. 83 00:05:07,728 --> 00:05:10,422 In less than 72 hours we go out. 84 00:05:10,457 --> 00:05:12,437 Why's he not hovering to see how we'll sell it? 85 00:05:12,472 --> 00:05:14,956 If we can sell it with their fortnightly gag. 86 00:05:14,991 --> 00:05:17,405 - There are ways around these things. - Are there? 87 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,240 I have been lying awake for the last three nights trying to come up with one. 88 00:05:21,275 --> 00:05:24,880 We can't debate, we can't comment, we can't analyse, 89 00:05:24,915 --> 00:05:27,245 we can only deliver the most basic facts 90 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:30,520 until two weeks after they've discussed it in Parliament. 91 00:05:30,555 --> 00:05:33,760 - It makes a mockery of what we do. - So we make a mockery of it. 92 00:05:33,795 --> 00:05:38,160 We present the facts in a way that points to the truth. 93 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,685 We garner opinion from abroad. What? 94 00:05:42,711 --> 00:05:45,278 Comment and assessment from our American cousins 95 00:05:45,313 --> 00:05:47,845 in the light of Eisenhower's election campaign. 96 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,545 They can't stop us broadcasting the views of foreign nationals. 97 00:05:50,580 --> 00:05:52,688 You're brilliant. 98 00:05:53,328 --> 00:05:56,238 Why should we be gagged when the newspapers can print what they like? 99 00:06:03,336 --> 00:06:05,445 - Where did you get this? - I cannot divulge my sources. 100 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,485 Suffice to say, that runs as a leader in tomorrow's Observer. 101 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,440 "We wish to make an apology. We had not realised the Government was capable..." 102 00:06:12,475 --> 00:06:15,560 "..of such folly and of such crookedness." 103 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,560 Hector... 104 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:22,280 ...you have the country in your palm. 105 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,845 They'll listen to you, to us. 106 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,300 We show the public what the world thinks 107 00:06:28,335 --> 00:06:30,685 and we affirm what they already know. 108 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,068 The rumours are out there, the press are talking of collusion, that this is a... 109 00:06:34,103 --> 00:06:37,957 rushed war, secretly orchestrated by Britain and France 110 00:06:37,992 --> 00:06:40,245 with the help of Israel, to get the canal back. 111 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:43,760 And we overlook that there's no proof whatsoever of collusion? 112 00:06:44,565 --> 00:06:46,805 We can't just assume that our government's guilty. 113 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:49,640 That's hardly impartial journalism. You'll bring the show down. 114 00:06:49,675 --> 00:06:52,605 - McCain'd have a heart attack. - And? 115 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,320 Go easy because McCain's cage is a little rattled?! 116 00:06:55,355 --> 00:06:59,045 We get out on the streets, tomorrow. 117 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,560 We canvass opinion from people at the rally and fire the debate. 118 00:07:02,595 --> 00:07:04,645 - Let me go. - Where? 119 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,885 Tomorrow, to the demonstration. Keep you in line. 120 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,120 You don't mind slumming it on the streets with a microphone? 121 00:07:12,155 --> 00:07:15,285 Sound judgment is required on occasions like this. 122 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,584 One must be light on one's feet and mercurial of mind, 123 00:07:17,619 --> 00:07:19,376 ready to adapt to any situation. 124 00:07:19,875 --> 00:07:22,560 Tomorrow's the 4th. We go out on the 6th. 125 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:25,920 Well, it's a date. 126 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,920 Hell, last bus. Shall I kip on the sofa? 127 00:07:31,955 --> 00:07:33,560 Goodbye. 128 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:39,840 Night then! 129 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,280 What? 130 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,480 I'm one of the last women to tolerate him. 131 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,165 It's not that. 132 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:14,537 You're different with him. 133 00:08:15,045 --> 00:08:16,672 Different? How? 134 00:08:17,658 --> 00:08:18,840 How you should be. 135 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,328 How I think you are, when you're not being head girl, 136 00:08:23,955 --> 00:08:25,601 news chief. 137 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,240 Or irresistible woman. 138 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,720 - Don't be silly. - Am I being? 139 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,580 Hello? 140 00:08:50,615 --> 00:08:52,107 Er, yes? 141 00:08:52,142 --> 00:08:53,600 Clarence... 142 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:54,964 Yes. 143 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,245 I wasn't sure if you'd still be up. Hector. 144 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:23,640 Oh, we were going over the outline of the show with Freddie. 145 00:09:23,675 --> 00:09:26,920 Well, you may as well join us now you're here. 146 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,556 If Gaitskell insists on responding to the Prime Minister's broadcast tomorrow, 147 00:09:32,591 --> 00:09:34,805 it will only fuel the flames. 148 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,917 You are asking the BBC to waive its policy of impartiality? 149 00:09:38,952 --> 00:09:42,994 It is the duty of the BBC to offer the opposition the chance 150 00:09:43,029 --> 00:09:47,080 to reply to a ministerial broadcast if it is deemed controversial. 151 00:09:47,115 --> 00:09:50,277 It will be neither useful nor reassuring to the public. 152 00:09:50,312 --> 00:09:53,405 We expect The Hour to... redress the balance somewhat. 153 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,840 - And present the Government's view. - Miss Rowley, that's not helpful. 154 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:05,440 The Government's actions are not universally supported, 155 00:10:05,475 --> 00:10:06,701 that's your problem? 156 00:10:06,736 --> 00:10:09,565 Be aware that if your programme fails to fall into line, 157 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,560 it will comfort the enemy and undermine our country at war. 158 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:20,440 Angus, the BBC would never jeopardise the security of our nation. 159 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:26,120 We are experienced in news management in times of peace and war. 160 00:10:26,155 --> 00:10:30,680 I'm obliged to tell you that there may be... funding implications. 161 00:10:30,715 --> 00:10:33,685 - Are you threatening us? - Clarence. 162 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,400 Always advice, Douglas, always advice. 163 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,360 Never to be taken as prescriptive. 164 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:56,200 - Let me talk to him. - He doesn't talk. He dictates. 165 00:10:56,235 --> 00:10:58,840 Angus. Angus! 166 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,000 - You look like you haven't slept for a week. - I hear the same. 167 00:11:07,035 --> 00:11:10,077 I hope you sleep better tonight. 168 00:11:10,112 --> 00:11:13,120 You were two a penny at my school. 169 00:11:13,155 --> 00:11:16,245 Four a penny during the war. 170 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,605 Little men, desperately trying to make themselves bigger. 171 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,519 A little quieter, Hector. 172 00:11:22,765 --> 00:11:24,300 Or do you wish the whole world to know 173 00:11:24,335 --> 00:11:27,277 that you have your producer's ear? 174 00:11:28,115 --> 00:11:29,880 These are testing times for us all. 175 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,720 The mark of a man is how he conducts himself in these times. 176 00:11:34,755 --> 00:11:37,205 It is? Does Wallace know how you're conducting yourself? 177 00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:41,000 You may not be fearful for yourself but it would be such a pity 178 00:11:41,035 --> 00:11:44,520 if Miss Rowley found her career blighted by 179 00:11:44,555 --> 00:11:47,597 mere temptations of the flesh. 180 00:11:47,632 --> 00:11:50,640 And she seems such a dear girl. 181 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:28,800 Dad? 182 00:12:28,835 --> 00:12:30,840 Dad...? 183 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,440 Yes, same look in his eyes. 184 00:12:43,475 --> 00:12:44,445 Visitor. 185 00:12:45,489 --> 00:12:46,365 What's happened? 186 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,960 Oh, it was like this when I arrived. 187 00:12:48,995 --> 00:12:50,600 Dad? Are you all right? 188 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,360 He was looking for something, apparently. 189 00:12:55,395 --> 00:12:58,840 You've paid me so many visits recently, 190 00:12:58,875 --> 00:13:01,045 I thought I should return the call. 191 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,560 We were just catching up on old times, weren't we? 192 00:13:03,595 --> 00:13:04,833 Go to bed, Dad. 193 00:13:04,868 --> 00:13:06,071 - Bed? - Yes. 194 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,840 I'll be through in five minutes. 195 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,200 My goodness. What a room. 196 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:31,040 So many of one's most treasured things. 197 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,165 Your father seems well. 198 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,560 He was remembering a tea party that we had, 199 00:13:43,595 --> 00:13:46,280 when he came down to visit you once. 200 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,360 Ruthie had one of her awful nosebleeds. 201 00:13:50,395 --> 00:13:52,680 The doctor said it was her nerves. 202 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,085 Stop coming to our house. 203 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,520 Stop loitering on the pavement. 204 00:14:02,555 --> 00:14:04,360 Stop bothering us. 205 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,325 You're defiling our memory of Ruth. 206 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:12,320 And stop with these persistent phone calls to myself and my husband. 207 00:14:12,355 --> 00:14:14,645 You will leave this alone, Frederick. 208 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:18,480 Oh, good, it is him who answers the telephone. I'm never sure. 209 00:14:18,515 --> 00:14:20,677 The silence at the other end of the line 210 00:14:20,712 --> 00:14:22,840 when I ask why his wife is lying to me. 211 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:30,480 - You don't know who you're dealing with. - Yes, I do. 212 00:14:30,515 --> 00:14:33,245 They're outside now, sitting in their car. 213 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,212 Apparently, they're convinced I'm a Soviet agent. 214 00:14:35,247 --> 00:14:37,519 Which I'm not, by the way... 215 00:14:38,249 --> 00:14:40,500 if you're at all concerned. 216 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:47,600 As someone who once... knew you, I am imploring you to leave it. 217 00:14:47,635 --> 00:14:50,360 Just leave us alone in our grief. 218 00:14:50,395 --> 00:14:51,965 Grief?! 219 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,565 This isn't grief. This is shameful denial. 220 00:14:55,237 --> 00:14:58,884 I will never let this go. Ruth came to me to ask me to help her. 221 00:14:58,919 --> 00:15:01,796 And I won't stop helping her until the truth is known. 222 00:15:01,831 --> 00:15:05,195 She knew something, something that was terrifying, 223 00:15:05,230 --> 00:15:08,560 something that threatened those who wanted her dead. 224 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:19,480 Oh, you're terrified. 225 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,200 How brave you are. 226 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,120 We're not all as brave as you, Frederick. 227 00:15:58,520 --> 00:15:59,525 Hello? 228 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,240 Why did she come to me? 229 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,260 Why did Ruth come to me? 230 00:16:04,716 --> 00:16:06,120 Because you're tenacious. 231 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,130 'Because you care more about the truth' 232 00:16:10,165 --> 00:16:12,545 than you do about your own safety. 233 00:16:15,430 --> 00:16:20,318 'Because if I was scared for my life, I would run to you.' 234 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,840 And... trust that you would know the answer. 235 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,480 Because there's no-one else like you, Freddie. 236 00:16:33,016 --> 00:16:35,760 Who is he? Who is Bright Stone? 237 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:37,565 Freddie. 238 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,520 - Is it me? - This is why you shouldn't drink bad wine. 239 00:16:41,555 --> 00:16:43,360 Why else are they following me? 240 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,880 'Because you're an irritant.' 241 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,320 You obviously know something, even if you don't know what it is. 242 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,840 You get under people's skin. 243 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:00,520 Are you still there? 244 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:02,920 Yes. 245 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,100 They're scared. 246 00:17:06,808 --> 00:17:08,280 'McCain, Eden... 247 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:11,840 'They're petrified.' 248 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,040 'They should be.' 249 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,720 Douglas called me in tonight. With McCain. 250 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,125 He's worried. 251 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:27,840 - We're getting to them, Bel. - I'm putting the phone down. 252 00:17:27,875 --> 00:17:29,640 - 'Not yet!' - Go to sleep. 253 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,920 McCain knows... 254 00:17:42,955 --> 00:17:44,400 about us. 255 00:17:46,689 --> 00:17:48,560 We have to play it carefully now, Bel. 256 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:55,200 - I don't know what you mean. - He will use it against us. 257 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,525 Don't be naive. 258 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,840 I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sorry. 259 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:04,000 Not tonight. 260 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,160 Dad? 261 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,680 I never wanted you to go there. 262 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,000 But your mother thought it would be safer. 263 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,120 I always thought a little piece of you never came back. 264 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,320 I packed your case. I found your bathers. 265 00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:25,120 '..about the situation into which we have been thrust.' 266 00:19:25,155 --> 00:19:27,805 Here, here. 267 00:19:28,372 --> 00:19:29,720 Get it, Isaac, get it. 268 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,080 - Where shall I stand? - To the left. Here. 269 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:46,125 We're standing in a side street by Trafalgar Square. 270 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,480 You can see the crowds behind me, holding up their placards. 271 00:19:49,515 --> 00:19:52,185 Bevan's words have united the people as they march 272 00:19:52,220 --> 00:19:56,540 towards Downing Street. You can hear the crowd chanting, 273 00:19:56,575 --> 00:19:59,987 "One, two, three, four, we won't fight in Eden's war," 274 00:20:00,022 --> 00:20:03,451 - as they snake their way along from every corner... - Hector. 275 00:20:03,486 --> 00:20:06,845 You need to come down here! We need to talk to more people! 276 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,560 It's a waste of time canvassing opinion if it can't be broadcast! 277 00:20:10,595 --> 00:20:13,000 Nothing's ever wasted, Hector. Come on! 278 00:20:13,035 --> 00:20:15,080 - Isaac! - One more minute! 279 00:20:15,115 --> 00:20:17,200 Ok. 280 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:31,845 What's so funny? 281 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,005 Isaac's asked me to look over his sketches. 282 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,240 They're ever so funny. He wants me to proof them. 283 00:20:37,275 --> 00:20:38,805 Is that what he calls it? 284 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,560 - Nah, he's not my type. - Sadly, I think you're his. 285 00:20:41,595 --> 00:20:42,920 Really? 286 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,925 Ah, Bel, Freddie in? 287 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,600 Oh, he just asked me to do something for him. 288 00:20:51,635 --> 00:20:52,925 What? 289 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:54,680 Oh, nothing. It can wait. 290 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:59,240 Has he taken you to the cinema yet? 291 00:20:59,275 --> 00:21:01,765 French? I bet French. 292 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,680 You know he doesn't speak a word? Infuriating. 293 00:21:04,715 --> 00:21:07,525 I can only apologise, because I, more than anyone, know 294 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,880 how irritating a trip to the cinema with Freddie can be. 295 00:21:11,915 --> 00:21:13,760 But perhaps you don't feel that way? 296 00:21:13,795 --> 00:21:15,080 Feel what way? 297 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,205 About Freddie? 298 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,165 About how infuriatingly irritating he is. 299 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,680 There's a fine line between fury and desire, I tend to find. 300 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,400 I've never seen a film with Freddie in my life, nor do I intend to. 301 00:21:32,435 --> 00:21:33,805 Can't stand the cinema. 302 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,800 The darkness, the sense one has of being trapped. 303 00:21:37,835 --> 00:21:39,645 Now, a little fun... 304 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,400 Freddie is most certainly that. 305 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,845 But what did he ask you to do for him? 306 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,960 Oh, he wanted some information on Peter Darrall. 307 00:21:47,995 --> 00:21:51,040 It's nothing, darling. His heart is still with you. 308 00:21:51,075 --> 00:21:53,200 We're just friends. 309 00:21:53,235 --> 00:21:54,885 Of course. 310 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,880 I had a friend once. 311 00:21:56,915 --> 00:21:58,805 Treated him like a dog. 312 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,885 Adorable man, absolutely useless at seduction. 313 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,696 Then he married someone else and I realised 314 00:22:03,698 --> 00:22:07,033 it wasn't him that was useless, it was me. 315 00:22:09,140 --> 00:22:11,640 My man in Cairo managed to smuggle out these memos 316 00:22:11,675 --> 00:22:14,117 before British Embassy staff got to them. 317 00:22:14,152 --> 00:22:16,560 They've been burning documents all weekend. 318 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:36,680 It's getting rather heated. There are people running everywhere. 319 00:22:36,715 --> 00:22:39,960 The sense of anger today is overwhelming. 320 00:22:41,142 --> 00:22:42,445 There are police on horseback, 321 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,925 desperately trying to control the fray. 322 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,600 Keep the heart out and head focused. Don't queer the pitch with your emotion. 323 00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:50,805 This from a man who can't drink a cup of tea 324 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,468 without worrying about the oppression of tea leaf pickers in Ceylon 325 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,245 Freddie, we should get out of here. 326 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,440 We've got to get further in, Hector. Come on! 327 00:23:05,475 --> 00:23:06,925 Isaac, come on. Over here. 328 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,000 I can't keep it straight. I need to find somewhere and stay there! 329 00:23:10,035 --> 00:23:12,640 I need this microphone. 330 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,885 I don't know what time they'll be back. 331 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,040 It's utter mayhem out there. Bedlam all the way down the Strand. 332 00:23:27,075 --> 00:23:28,457 The world has gone quite mad. 333 00:23:28,492 --> 00:23:29,805 I hope they'll be all right. 334 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,400 Oh, I never worry. Hector can always look after himself. 335 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,840 Your poor wife, Mr Fendley. Doesn't she miss you, working all the time? 336 00:23:38,875 --> 00:23:42,240 She is very accommodating. Marry the man and you marry the job. 337 00:23:42,275 --> 00:23:44,617 Yes, well, isn't that so true. 338 00:23:44,652 --> 00:23:46,925 I'm gasping for a cup of tea. 339 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,205 Yes, of course! Perhaps you would, Bel? 340 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,965 Of course. If you go through to my office... 341 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,920 Yes, it's quite all right. I do know the way, thank you. 342 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,485 No excuses. 343 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,380 I have more pressing matters on my mind. 344 00:24:01,415 --> 00:24:04,240 Just get her a cup of tea and be nice. 345 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,120 'You're all right.' 346 00:24:09,155 --> 00:24:11,045 We're getting you help. 347 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,800 Just grip my hand. What's your name? 348 00:24:13,835 --> 00:24:14,965 Harry. 349 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:15,791 Harry. 350 00:24:16,186 --> 00:24:18,361 Keep talking to me, Harry. 351 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,205 Here you are, have some of this. 352 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,320 We have to get him to the road. The ambulance can't get through. 353 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,880 This is just one of many protesters injured today. 354 00:24:33,915 --> 00:24:37,305 A day of peaceful protest soured by violence. 355 00:24:37,340 --> 00:24:40,268 This is Frederick Lyon, reporting for The Hour, in London. 356 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,045 You're very lucky. 357 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,860 I have a very small corner in my living room 358 00:24:45,895 --> 00:24:48,327 to do all my thank you cards and letters. 359 00:24:48,362 --> 00:24:50,725 Um, if you'd care to leave a message, 360 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,240 I can ask Hector to telephone you when he comes back. 361 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,368 I don't usually come into town if I can help it. 362 00:25:02,315 --> 00:25:05,800 It's very odd, me being here today. 363 00:25:05,835 --> 00:25:07,485 Puts one's whole week out. 364 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,320 Well, there's always the country at the weekend. 365 00:25:10,355 --> 00:25:11,480 Yes. 366 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,560 Monday's my art class. I'm absolutely hopeless. 367 00:25:17,595 --> 00:25:21,240 Last week, we painted a gentleman in the nude. 368 00:25:22,331 --> 00:25:24,125 Wednesday, Thursday's Bridge. 369 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,880 I'm in a club, I'm actually rather good. 370 00:25:26,915 --> 00:25:28,737 And Friday's the country. 371 00:25:28,772 --> 00:25:30,846 Except if Hector has to work 372 00:25:30,881 --> 00:25:32,920 and he has... had to work a lot. 373 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:35,160 Yes. 374 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,960 This whole week, in fact, he's not been home. 375 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,720 I say, "Hector, they should pay you more." 376 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,405 Daddy thinks, well, knows 377 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,040 that Hector won't be staying in the BBC for ever. 378 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,920 Daddy says there's a lot of interest around Hector and The Hour. 379 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,400 And that's good. That's what I want. It's very, very good. 380 00:26:03,435 --> 00:26:05,897 If you'll just excuse me a moment... 381 00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:08,360 At least you're not his secretary. 382 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,160 You see, I knew you were an intelligent woman. 383 00:26:16,195 --> 00:26:18,165 I knew that I wouldn't have to say much. 384 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,520 Normally, it's with one of those silly little girls... 385 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,200 ..I'm just glad that with a clever women like you... 386 00:26:27,235 --> 00:26:29,240 you do fully understand. 387 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:37,960 He just can't control himself. 388 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:52,840 I think it's the creative in him. 389 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,365 Picasso has a heap of lovers. 390 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,680 Not that I'm putting Hector on a par with an artiste like that... 391 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,280 ..but there is always someone. 392 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,440 And normally I have to unpick their little fingers from his arm. 393 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:18,680 But it is such a relief to finally meet a proper woman. 394 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,760 I do like you very much. 395 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:27,680 You're such fun. 396 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,200 He's always just on loan. 397 00:27:34,235 --> 00:27:36,680 And he always comes back. 398 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,000 Do you love him at all? 399 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,325 I love him. 400 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,200 Warts and all. That's me. That's what I do. 401 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,080 I don't matter. 402 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,168 And whatever you see of Hector, 403 00:28:01,507 --> 00:28:03,840 I know who he really is. 404 00:28:03,875 --> 00:28:04,885 Do you? 405 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,440 - Would you like me to call you a taxi? - No, thank you. 406 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,080 Do tell Hector I called by. 407 00:28:49,095 --> 00:28:50,800 Yes. Come in. 408 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,240 - Are they back yet? - Not yet. Clarence... 409 00:28:57,275 --> 00:28:59,720 I can't believe you've been so stupid. 410 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,545 - I can't explain. - Bad luck. I want you to. 411 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,525 I want you to explain to me 412 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,240 why you're throwing away your career for an affair that means nothing, 413 00:29:17,275 --> 00:29:20,485 that will not last beyond this news story, Bel. 414 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,000 And if you're telling yourself anything other, then you're lying. 415 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,350 So explain, because in five minutes 416 00:29:27,376 --> 00:29:30,417 I will receive a concerned call from Douglas. 417 00:29:30,452 --> 00:29:33,760 I will defend your actions, reassure him you have come to your senses. 418 00:29:33,795 --> 00:29:36,245 - I'm not a child. - No, you are not! 419 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,260 You are producer of this programme... 420 00:29:38,441 --> 00:29:40,209 a programme that is already under pressure. 421 00:29:40,313 --> 00:29:45,600 Can you imagine how McCain will use this against us? Against you? Against Hector? 422 00:29:45,635 --> 00:29:49,290 It is inappropriate. It is unprofessional. And it must end. 423 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:52,400 I will defend your right to make this programme however you want. 424 00:29:52,435 --> 00:29:55,560 But I cannot defend someone who has sold herself so short. 425 00:29:55,595 --> 00:29:56,852 So fix it. 426 00:29:57,352 --> 00:29:59,292 Fix it now. 427 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,520 So is that how you got your second medal? Saving lives. 428 00:30:14,555 --> 00:30:16,445 No. I got my first medal saving lives. 429 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,299 The second one was for an act of heroism 430 00:30:18,799 --> 00:30:20,324 which we need not dwell upon. 431 00:30:20,995 --> 00:30:23,085 You're God's cruel joke. 432 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:27,080 Sent to throw horrible relief on all our personal inadequacies. 433 00:30:27,115 --> 00:30:29,285 It's only what anyone would have done. 434 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,520 I would possibly have given him an aspirin if pushed. 435 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,360 We open with the image of thousands amassing in Trafalgar Square. 436 00:30:37,395 --> 00:30:39,613 Why not? Newsreels will have run it. 437 00:30:39,648 --> 00:30:41,300 A peaceful protest or 438 00:30:41,325 --> 00:30:42,623 attempt to control the voices of the masses? 439 00:30:42,658 --> 00:30:44,880 Or something less leading. Then an interview with... 440 00:30:44,915 --> 00:30:47,120 Someone who matters. Someone with a voice. 441 00:30:47,155 --> 00:30:48,636 - Eden! - Macmillan! 442 00:30:48,671 --> 00:30:49,999 Calm down. 443 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,500 Yes, we show the protest. Yes, we cover Bevan's speech. 444 00:30:55,540 --> 00:30:55,844 You weren't there. 445 00:30:55,960 --> 00:31:00,080 I'll look at the footage and decide what to do from there. But I am serious. 446 00:31:00,115 --> 00:31:03,240 We need to find a way of addressing the suspicion of collusion 447 00:31:03,275 --> 00:31:05,885 between Britain and France and Israel. 448 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,240 Like in a sketch? 449 00:31:07,276 --> 00:31:09,192 - What kind of sketch? - A satire. 450 00:31:10,115 --> 00:31:12,685 This is a news show. It's not vaudeville. 451 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,240 A satirical sketch. Why not? It works on the radio. 452 00:31:15,275 --> 00:31:17,045 I'd like to see McCain's face. 453 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:21,080 It gets us around the fortnightly gag, doesn't it? 454 00:31:21,115 --> 00:31:23,205 - It could be disastrous. - Or daring. 455 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,440 - It makes me nervous. - Always a good reason to do it. 456 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:30,888 Keep it simple. 457 00:31:31,388 --> 00:31:33,485 - Really? - I want it by the end of the day. 458 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,477 - You can't run it. - We'll see. 459 00:31:37,566 --> 00:31:38,470 Are you mad? 460 00:31:39,347 --> 00:31:40,480 Report the demonstration, yes, but you can't... 461 00:31:40,748 --> 00:31:43,045 The Russians have taken Budapest. 462 00:31:43,883 --> 00:31:46,577 Hundreds of tanks. It's all over the radio. 463 00:31:46,612 --> 00:31:49,775 Nagy himself making an desperate appeal to the West to intervene. 464 00:31:49,810 --> 00:31:50,840 And we're too busy with the Suez. 465 00:31:50,875 --> 00:31:52,120 Damn. 466 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,720 I've got something for you. 467 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,160 I'm going, I'm going. 468 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:09,821 A memo... 469 00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:14,201 from Tom Kish about Peter Darrall in May this year. 470 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,120 They were both in Egypt, on secondment from MI6. 471 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:21,396 McCain was copied in. 472 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,240 They were meant to be there specifically to dig up dirt on Colonel Nasser. 473 00:32:26,275 --> 00:32:30,320 But it looks like that there were already questions about Peter Darrall. 474 00:32:30,355 --> 00:32:32,845 He'd clearly turned. 475 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:37,240 They allude to him passing secrets between Egypt and the Soviets. 476 00:32:37,924 --> 00:32:42,080 Reading between the lines, poor Kish is clearly frantic. 477 00:32:42,115 --> 00:32:45,125 Why the hell was Tom Kish reporting to McCain? 478 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:50,080 He was reporting to a lot of people. He's just one of several names on the memo. 479 00:32:54,528 --> 00:32:56,200 - You all right? - Why can you never get hold of the 480 00:32:56,235 --> 00:32:58,428 British Embassy in Moscow when you need them? 481 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,045 Marnie came by today. 482 00:33:07,076 --> 00:33:09,080 She said it was a nightmare getting in. 483 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,960 She knows? 484 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,005 It was quietly humiliating. 485 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,600 Apparently you've done this kind of thing before. 486 00:33:18,635 --> 00:33:20,897 There's a call for you from... 487 00:33:20,932 --> 00:33:23,826 Take a message. I will call them back. 488 00:33:23,861 --> 00:33:26,685 Clarence has warned me that it has to end. 489 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,469 It's not up to bloody Clarence. 490 00:33:28,504 --> 00:33:33,161 We have put ourselves in a ridiculously precarious situation, Hector. 491 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,445 Wallace is on the BBC board. 492 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:39,040 He has friends in high places. He's friends with McCain. 493 00:33:39,075 --> 00:33:41,325 Christ's sake, you're friends with McCain. 494 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,325 Angus McCain is not a friend of mine. You know that damn well. 495 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,277 But it's foolish to make enemies of people close to Government. 496 00:33:47,592 --> 00:33:48,466 Your words, Bel. Remember? 497 00:33:48,515 --> 00:33:51,480 I never thought your ambition would compromise your integrity. 498 00:33:51,515 --> 00:33:52,832 It hasn't. 499 00:33:53,540 --> 00:33:55,056 It doesn't. 500 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,224 Look, we can't talk here. 501 00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:02,552 I'll come to yours tonight. 502 00:34:02,587 --> 00:34:04,268 I want to watch the Gaitskell broadcast. 503 00:34:04,303 --> 00:34:06,413 - Let's watch it together. - No! 504 00:34:08,118 --> 00:34:09,277 Verda needs a bed. 505 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,600 And you should go home to yours. 506 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,400 Hector, just the man I'm looking for. 507 00:34:20,211 --> 00:34:22,316 Sissy, put that call through. 508 00:34:24,229 --> 00:34:25,960 You have to call McCain. 509 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,098 Take him out for a drink, butter him up. 510 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:29,984 - Do I? - Yes. 511 00:34:38,940 --> 00:34:39,925 Crikey. 512 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,240 He knew. About Peter Darrall. He was in on whatever was going on. 513 00:34:43,275 --> 00:34:44,685 You want me to find out. 514 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:47,360 Get him plastered if you have to. He talks to you. 515 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,700 Have you been talking to Bel? 516 00:34:51,672 --> 00:34:53,085 You seem friendly enough. 517 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,480 I tolerate him. It doesn't mean we talk. 518 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,880 - Someone is on edge. - I'm not on edge! 519 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,045 You heard the news from Budapest. 520 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:13,720 Bloody tragedy, and we're ignoring it because we're lost in our own mess. 521 00:35:13,755 --> 00:35:15,325 He'll have to call a ceasefire. 522 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,740 The pound is spiralling down, out of control. 523 00:35:17,775 --> 00:35:20,085 Even his own cabinet are voicing their concerns. 524 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:24,400 - We can't afford a war. - We are strapped into our seats 525 00:35:24,435 --> 00:35:26,920 They can't shut us down, Clarence. Douglas is... 526 00:35:26,955 --> 00:35:29,405 Is our ally. But Douglas is only one man, 527 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,525 and this corporation is a machine of many cogs and wheels. 528 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,360 There are still those inside as well as out under pressure 529 00:35:35,547 --> 00:35:38,121 to support Eden in this campaign. 530 00:35:38,156 --> 00:35:40,819 - That doesn't mean we buckle. - For Christ's sake, Freddie, 531 00:35:40,854 --> 00:35:43,482 I've waited my entire life to run a programme like this. 532 00:35:44,996 --> 00:35:47,255 It's not going to be snatched away from me now. 533 00:35:48,392 --> 00:35:52,478 You have several opportunities still ahead of you. 534 00:35:55,986 --> 00:35:57,180 But this... 535 00:35:57,215 --> 00:35:58,960 This is it. 536 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,600 There is not another Hour for me. 537 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,629 And now I'm late, 538 00:36:06,950 --> 00:36:10,532 and Edith will be furious because dinner will be spoilt. 539 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:15,261 You're right. Doesn't mean we buckle. 540 00:36:15,932 --> 00:36:16,720 Clarence? 541 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,725 They're still following me. 542 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:23,483 Still pursuing the Elms story? 543 00:36:24,450 --> 00:36:24,500 Yes. 544 00:36:24,535 --> 00:36:27,240 Then you must get quicker on your feet. 545 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,520 Put me through to Whitehall 2995, please. 546 00:36:44,555 --> 00:36:45,600 Thank you. 547 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:51,720 Thank you. Angus McCain. 548 00:36:56,424 --> 00:36:59,368 Oh! Sissy, would you read this? Miss Rowley wants it any minute. 549 00:36:59,420 --> 00:37:00,791 - I'm very busy, Isaac. - Please. 550 00:37:01,752 --> 00:37:03,811 It's just the bare bones. 551 00:37:04,462 --> 00:37:06,527 - I don't get it. - It's too complicated? 552 00:37:06,562 --> 00:37:08,593 - Get what? - Isaac's written a sketch. 553 00:37:09,155 --> 00:37:11,360 Hand it over. Immediately. 554 00:37:13,222 --> 00:37:14,785 It's not ready yet! 555 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,085 - It needs to be balanced. - Yes. 556 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,720 We're not looking to lynch anyone, just to stir debate. 557 00:37:22,755 --> 00:37:24,343 And he does cartoons. 558 00:37:25,157 --> 00:37:27,215 - Does it work? -I think it does. 559 00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:31,645 A sketch on Suez? They'll pull the plug on us. 560 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,641 What for? I'd rather debate a question without settling it 561 00:37:35,676 --> 00:37:37,392 than settle a question with no debate. 562 00:37:37,427 --> 00:37:39,445 I've got McCain. 563 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,160 One hour. Executive bar. 564 00:37:41,195 --> 00:37:42,840 - Shall I come? -No. -No. 565 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,685 - Anyone for a drink? - No, thanks. 566 00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:54,960 Looks like it's just you and me, then. 567 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,565 Something like that. 568 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,885 - Isaac, want me to type it up? - Would you? 569 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,805 - My handwriting's pretty illegible. - It's characterful. 570 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:08,080 - And after we could go and... - He's here. I told him to wait outside. 571 00:38:10,046 --> 00:38:12,680 - Oh, sorry, Isaac, go and...? - Nothing. 572 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,600 - Mind if I type it up tomorrow? - Of course. 573 00:38:21,968 --> 00:38:23,360 How tall do you reckon he is? 574 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,160 Five foot nine? Ten? 575 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,240 - Did you take those? - Yes. 576 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,600 Don't you miss it? 577 00:38:50,855 --> 00:38:51,480 Yes. 578 00:38:53,863 --> 00:38:55,445 And you wouldn't go back? 579 00:38:56,432 --> 00:38:58,280 Report overseas again. Take photos again. 580 00:38:58,315 --> 00:39:01,320 Too old, too slow and... huh. 581 00:39:05,131 --> 00:39:06,297 That one... 582 00:39:07,302 --> 00:39:09,264 was taken just outside of Madrid. 583 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,205 They were one of the last to surrender in '39. 584 00:39:15,236 --> 00:39:17,920 She was running away from her house. Leaving everything. 585 00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:21,600 A row of men were being executed just behind that door. 586 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,280 Amongst them her husband. 587 00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:28,593 She... 588 00:39:29,282 --> 00:39:30,904 she didn't look back. 589 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:34,960 I was irritated because I had my camera in my hand 590 00:39:34,995 --> 00:39:37,417 and I couldn't find another film. 591 00:39:37,452 --> 00:39:39,805 They were being shot one by one, 592 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,192 and all I could think was, 593 00:39:41,828 --> 00:39:43,904 "I've got no bloody film." 594 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,804 I'm still proud I got it. You've got to grab it while you can. 595 00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:56,120 No, I've reached my limit. 596 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,120 You've got glasses. 597 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:37,845 Yes. 598 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:40,600 - You didn't tell me. - Well, I don't tell you everything. 599 00:40:40,635 --> 00:40:42,200 Yes, you do. 600 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:45,800 Are you all right? 601 00:40:46,492 --> 00:40:48,280 Absolutely. 602 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,085 What's wrong? 603 00:41:05,617 --> 00:41:09,080 It's my father who's been messing up the house, 604 00:41:09,115 --> 00:41:12,018 making it look like it's been burgled. 605 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,805 Why? 606 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,680 He's always trying to find something. 607 00:41:17,715 --> 00:41:18,880 That sounds familiar. 608 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:25,440 Hello? 609 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,240 Hello? 610 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,040 Is that you? 611 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,360 'Lord Elms? 612 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,520 'Lord Elms?' 613 00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:54,360 - 'Hello, operator.' - Operator, from where was that last call placed? 614 00:41:54,395 --> 00:41:57,040 'Framlingham 2355, sir.' 615 00:41:57,075 --> 00:41:58,840 Thank you. 616 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,000 Guess who just... 617 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:15,445 Good evening, sir. 618 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,760 - Glengoyne, please. - Certainly. 619 00:42:28,135 --> 00:42:29,099 Same? 620 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,440 Corner table, please. 621 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,205 Can't stay long. 622 00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:51,240 They want us all back after Gaitskell's broadcast. 623 00:42:51,275 --> 00:42:53,137 Well, they will have to wait. 624 00:42:53,172 --> 00:42:54,965 Oh, Hector, that's not like you. 625 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:59,240 Whatever you think you have on me, I have something more on you, Angus. 626 00:42:59,275 --> 00:43:01,480 Thank you very much, thank you. 627 00:43:05,096 --> 00:43:06,680 And what might that be, dear boy? 628 00:43:06,715 --> 00:43:09,440 Your relationship with Adam Le Ray. 629 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,085 Hector... 630 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,120 I'm not interested in the details of your private life, Angus. 631 00:43:19,155 --> 00:43:21,560 But other people certainly might be. 632 00:43:25,224 --> 00:43:27,085 Why did Tom Kish copy you in on a memo 633 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,360 that was clearly a matter of national security? 634 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,520 My father was a drinker. 635 00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:51,325 Gave it up when I was...19. 636 00:43:52,078 --> 00:43:56,408 He swore he could never remember a word during one of his... 637 00:43:56,908 --> 00:43:58,495 "episodes". 638 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,720 Whisky does obscure the memory, doesn't it? 639 00:44:02,308 --> 00:44:06,360 I won't remember any of this tomorrow. 640 00:44:06,395 --> 00:44:08,080 Of course. 641 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,360 May I hold onto it? 642 00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:34,120 Last spring I was approached by Lord and Lady Elms. 643 00:44:34,492 --> 00:44:36,480 Our families have been acquainted for years. 644 00:44:36,515 --> 00:44:40,165 They asked me to... 645 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:44,755 allay their concerns their daughter had become "involved". 646 00:44:45,128 --> 00:44:46,573 With Peter Darrall? 647 00:44:46,790 --> 00:44:48,971 They knew I had connections at the Foreign Office. 648 00:44:49,006 --> 00:44:50,920 They asked me to make enquiries. 649 00:44:50,955 --> 00:44:52,725 I dutifully agreed. 650 00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,884 I had hoped to... reassure them. 651 00:44:58,187 --> 00:45:03,708 Much to my surprise, it was revealed that Darrall worked for MI6, 652 00:45:04,069 --> 00:45:06,685 and that they clearly had concerns of their own. 653 00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:13,600 This was verified to me in that memo which I was included in. 654 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,805 - So you informed Lord and Lady Elms? - I informed them 655 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:23,120 their daughter was involved with a very dangerous man, a spy, a traitor. 656 00:45:23,155 --> 00:45:28,280 They in turn had discovered that she was... in trouble. 657 00:45:28,315 --> 00:45:31,360 So you introduced the idea of Adam Le Ray. 658 00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:36,960 She talked to the press. 659 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,840 No, sorry, she talked to Mr Lyon. 660 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:46,280 Whatever lengths had been gone to to protect her, 661 00:45:46,315 --> 00:45:48,840 she had now made her own bed. Oh. 662 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:53,240 Miss Elms had been singled out by Darrall. 663 00:45:53,275 --> 00:45:54,840 By the Soviets. 664 00:45:55,960 --> 00:46:00,840 The KGB have a list circulating which MI6 managed to intercept. 665 00:46:00,875 --> 00:46:05,680 On this list are the names of young men and women, 666 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:10,445 bright, intelligent, often... connected, 667 00:46:11,607 --> 00:46:15,011 who might be susceptible, open to... 668 00:46:15,154 --> 00:46:17,260 betraying their country. 669 00:46:21,430 --> 00:46:23,600 Apparently they call them the Bright Stones. 670 00:46:34,318 --> 00:46:36,240 'You make me mad. That's all you do... ' 671 00:46:47,555 --> 00:46:49,953 If you're cold, there's an extra blanket. 672 00:46:49,988 --> 00:46:53,120 Or you can turn the gas on if you wake in the night. 673 00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:06,480 I used to think the worst possible thing would be to be like you. 674 00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:11,600 But I could never be like you. 675 00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:16,680 I can never live so lightly. 676 00:47:18,985 --> 00:47:20,960 It all matters too much to me. 677 00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:30,080 It all matters very much to me, sweetheart, 678 00:47:30,115 --> 00:47:33,117 I just don't let my face show that. 679 00:47:33,152 --> 00:47:36,085 It's all about how you sell it. 680 00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:41,280 You have a suitcase and five pounds in a savings account. 681 00:47:41,315 --> 00:47:44,437 But that very nice lady who sold me a cup of tea 682 00:47:44,472 --> 00:47:48,327 in that little hovel that you call a cafe on the corner, she doesn't know that. 683 00:47:48,768 --> 00:47:51,557 - Well, what does it matter? - Hmm. 684 00:47:52,636 --> 00:47:55,280 '..Postal orders and stamps.' 685 00:48:00,624 --> 00:48:03,000 Why do we have to be married? 686 00:48:03,035 --> 00:48:04,800 Or not married? 687 00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,040 Why can't we do what the hell we like? 688 00:48:12,140 --> 00:48:13,085 Men can. 689 00:48:14,157 --> 00:48:16,821 They can sleep with women without getting a name for themselves, 690 00:48:16,856 --> 00:48:18,393 they can have careers... 691 00:48:18,428 --> 00:48:22,680 Darling, you, you have a career. 692 00:48:22,715 --> 00:48:24,400 You have a career. 693 00:48:37,285 --> 00:48:40,720 Well, I am going to do exactly what I like and to hell with the rest of them. 694 00:48:48,224 --> 00:48:48,960 What? 695 00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:52,680 You're more like me than you know. 696 00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:57,285 - 'Ladies and gentleman, now follows a broadcast...' - Come on. 697 00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:00,561 '..from the Leader of the Labour Party, Mr Hugh Gaitskell.' 698 00:49:00,587 --> 00:49:07,800 'It has been a tragic, terrible week, indeed a tragic and terrible day. 699 00:49:07,835 --> 00:49:12,005 'How tragic it is that we, by our criminal folly, 700 00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:18,080 'should have lost the moral leadership of which we were once so proud. 701 00:49:20,301 --> 00:49:24,135 'Here at home, the Government policy of war with Egypt 702 00:49:24,652 --> 00:49:27,205 'has produced terrible heart searchings. 703 00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:31,045 'The Archbishop of Canterbury has led a deputation 704 00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:35,825 'of all denominations of the churches to the Government. 705 00:49:35,826 --> 00:49:37,443 'One of the consequences,' 706 00:49:37,555 --> 00:49:41,565 'we have violated the charter of the United Nations. 707 00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:47,920 'We have betrayed all that Great Britain has stood for in World affairs. 708 00:49:47,955 --> 00:49:50,085 'Since the War at least, 709 00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,800 'we have supported every stand against aggression. 710 00:49:53,835 --> 00:49:55,405 'We did so...' 711 00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,960 Oh... 712 00:50:15,681 --> 00:50:17,299 - About... - Yes? 713 00:50:19,492 --> 00:50:20,720 Er, the other night. 714 00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:23,720 What? 715 00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,160 We are - you and I... 716 00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:33,925 We are... 717 00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:35,720 between you and I... 718 00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:38,960 ... all right? 719 00:50:42,302 --> 00:50:43,400 We're marvellous Freddie. 720 00:50:45,240 --> 00:50:46,800 Good. Good. 721 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:51,040 Mmm... 722 00:50:58,915 --> 00:51:01,880 - Did Hector say what time he'd be back? - Er, no. 723 00:51:01,915 --> 00:51:04,320 Damn! 724 00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:17,005 Freddie? 725 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:19,760 - The code? It said something about... - Bright Stone. 726 00:51:19,795 --> 00:51:21,809 - Revert to... - Bright Stone! 727 00:51:21,844 --> 00:51:22,661 She was a Bright Stone. 728 00:51:22,696 --> 00:51:25,256 - Who? What? - Ruth Elms was a Bright Stone. 729 00:51:25,291 --> 00:51:27,286 - What are you talking about? - I'll tell you in the car. 730 00:51:27,321 --> 00:51:28,500 Where are we going? 731 00:51:29,458 --> 00:51:31,231 Well, I don't know. I'd thought you'd know. 732 00:51:31,886 --> 00:51:34,800 They were in on it. The Elms were in on it. 733 00:51:35,718 --> 00:51:37,868 - They live in Suffolk. - I'll drive. 734 00:51:38,264 --> 00:51:39,525 You can't walk in a straight line. 735 00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:44,160 Does it matter? It's nearly midnight. There will be no-one on the roads. Here... 736 00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:47,880 Put this on. 737 00:52:14,136 --> 00:52:15,664 Not yet. Not yet. 738 00:52:16,042 --> 00:52:17,849 Wait until I've pulled away. 739 00:52:19,020 --> 00:52:22,269 A lady never removes her hat in a gentleman's car. 740 00:52:46,272 --> 00:52:47,280 Hector? 741 00:52:51,493 --> 00:52:52,520 Oh... One more minute. 742 00:52:55,878 --> 00:52:57,613 We've been here three hours. 743 00:53:00,520 --> 00:53:03,360 - Just wait until... - They're awake! 744 00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:21,520 - Good morning, sir. - Are they in? Are Lord and Lady Elms in? 745 00:53:21,555 --> 00:53:24,760 I wish to speak with Lord Elms, excuse me. Lord Elms? 746 00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:27,412 Lord Elms! 747 00:53:28,256 --> 00:53:29,085 I know! 748 00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:31,285 I know! 749 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:34,125 I know about Tom Kish and Peter Darrall. 750 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:37,320 I know that you married your daughter off. I know what you did. 751 00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:42,400 Good morning, Freddie. 752 00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:47,205 What I don't understand... 753 00:53:47,240 --> 00:53:50,140 - Shall we come in here and talk? - What I don't understand 754 00:53:50,175 --> 00:53:53,040 is why you came to me if you don't want me to help you? 755 00:53:53,476 --> 00:53:54,280 Shall we sit? Thank you. 756 00:53:54,315 --> 00:53:57,983 No. Ruth came to see me because she couldn't talk to you. 757 00:53:58,013 --> 00:53:59,092 Because she was so frightened. 758 00:53:59,127 --> 00:54:01,268 She was frightened and pregnant and you did nothing. 759 00:54:01,303 --> 00:54:04,640 - You did more than nothing. You married her off. - Don't speak to him! 760 00:54:08,675 --> 00:54:10,845 Don't say anything to him, Richard. 761 00:54:11,852 --> 00:54:13,960 She didn't kill herself, admit it! Say it! 762 00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:25,205 No. 763 00:54:25,240 --> 00:54:26,760 She didn't. 764 00:54:28,792 --> 00:54:30,920 Please, Richard? Please? 765 00:54:32,249 --> 00:54:33,560 We've tried silence, Alice, 766 00:54:33,595 --> 00:54:36,485 and it doesn't work. 767 00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:38,920 We've tried doing what they asked 768 00:54:38,955 --> 00:54:41,320 and it still didn't save her. 769 00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:45,165 They thought... 770 00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:50,160 that she was a liability to herself, but the biggest liability to her... 771 00:54:50,195 --> 00:54:51,680 was us. 772 00:54:54,674 --> 00:54:56,600 We knew what that threat meant. 773 00:54:56,635 --> 00:54:59,160 We were trying to save her life. 774 00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:10,000 Who are they? 775 00:55:13,176 --> 00:55:15,408 They are... 776 00:55:16,036 --> 00:55:17,264 us. 777 00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:19,840 Men like me. 778 00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:25,496 There was a list. 779 00:55:26,876 --> 00:55:28,113 Yes. 780 00:55:29,167 --> 00:55:30,845 Did you see it? 781 00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,125 The list of Bright Stones? 782 00:55:35,344 --> 00:55:37,400 Was there anybody else you recognised? 783 00:55:37,435 --> 00:55:38,840 Yes. 784 00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:43,160 You, Freddie. 785 00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:48,360 You. 786 00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:56,440 'If Sir Anthony Eden is sincere in what he is saying, 787 00:55:56,475 --> 00:56:00,245 'if nations more powerful than ourselves 788 00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:07,000 'accept the absence of principle, the anarchistic attitude of Eden, 789 00:56:07,035 --> 00:56:11,880 'and launch bombs on London, what answer have we got? 790 00:56:11,915 --> 00:56:14,645 'They have besmirched the name of Britain. 791 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:18,320 'They have made us ashamed of the things for which we were proud.' 792 00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:23,805 'One, two, three, four 793 00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:27,160 'we won't fight in Eden's war! One, two, three, four... 794 00:56:27,195 --> 00:56:30,445 'They have offended against every principle of decency 795 00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:35,496 'and there is only one way in which they can even begin to restore 796 00:56:35,531 --> 00:56:38,400 'their tarnished reputation and that is to get out! 797 00:56:38,435 --> 00:56:39,920 'Get out! Get out!' 798 00:56:42,240 --> 00:56:44,005 'Eden must go! 799 00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:47,160 'Eden must go! Eden must go! 800 00:56:47,195 --> 00:56:50,857 'Eden must go! Eden must go! 801 00:56:50,892 --> 00:56:53,626 'Eden must go! Eden must go! 802 00:56:53,661 --> 00:56:56,360 'Eden must go! Eden must go!' 803 00:57:01,480 --> 00:57:04,020 If we use the word collusion, 804 00:57:04,055 --> 00:57:06,525 then that's treason, isn't it? 805 00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:11,120 - These gentleman work for Her Majesty's Government. - Really? 806 00:57:11,155 --> 00:57:14,165 Do you have any idea what you're risking here? 807 00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:17,280 Where will you go when all the dirty secrets come out? 808 00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:19,680 Five. 809 00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:23,600 Four. Three. 810 00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:25,885 Two. 811 00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:27,760 You're fired. 812 00:57:27,795 --> 00:57:29,600 One. 813 00:57:30,157 --> 00:57:35,700 Sync and corrected by www.addic7ed.com 814 00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:46,040 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd. 815 00:57:46,075 --> 00:57:49,080 E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk